Free Web NovelChapter 1043: Chapter 724: Discharge_2
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Yang Xiao couldn’t believe his eyes. He pressed his ear closer to the intercom again, listening for a few seconds to confirm. The crying was clear, wave after wave; the Ghost Baby was nearby.
Yang Xiao looked up, eyeing the metal locker that was two heads taller than him. Suddenly, his gaze flickered and shifted to the dim space above the locker.
Could it be a blind spot? Could they have hidden the baby’s corpse up there?
Once he thought of it, he decided to act. To ensure nothing would go wrong, Yang Xiao first turned back, kicked a human head, and then ran back, biting a flashlight in his mouth. Using the open locker door, he quickly climbed onto the metal locker. Sure enough, he found a box on the dust-covered top.
It was a metal box. Once he took it down, Yang Xiao realized it was an aluminum box, an old-fashioned lunch box that had long been obsolete, but larger than he remembered.
Holding his breath, he opened the lunch box. Even though he was prepared, upon seeing the contents wrapped in a gray-white powder, Yang Xiao couldn’t help himself. His stomach churned, and it felt like something was about to come up his throat.
As Yang Xiao opened the lunch box, the crying from the intercom disappeared, replaced by a rapid, approaching bell sound. Seconds later, the Headless Ghost, which was still thrashing not far behind Yang Xiao, suddenly fell silent.
Yang Xiao turned to look, only to see a twisted headless body lying on the ground, its body contorted like a pretzel, with its internal organs squeezed out, creating a gruesome scene.
"Ding-a-ling——"
"Ding-a-ling——"
Yang Xiao had no desire for any physical contact with the female ghost. Touching it would mean certain death. He shoved the lunch box into an open apartment and immediately stepped back.
Yang Xiao held his breath, and just a few meters away, the female ghost appeared. Wearing a plain hospital gown, her skin was pale and radiant, her side profile cold and stiff, devoid of any emotion.
Under Yang Xiao’s watchful eye, the female ghost picked up the small piece from the lunch box with her left hand and with her right hand, tore open her abdomen’s healed wound, stuff the piece inside.
This brutally simple act was shocking, and inside the turned-over flesh of the ghost’s abdomen, there was not a drop of blood.
After finishing, the female ghost turned around, her gaze completely ignoring Yang Xiao as she walked away with stiff steps, without ever looking back.
Yang Xiao waited a minute, ensuring the female ghost had truly left, before daring to come out. At this time, the previously disappeared door of the cold storage room was back again.
Avoiding Wu Qiao’s corpse, Yang Xiao headed for the door. The corridor was devoid of the female ghost’s presence, as Yang Xiao cautiously made his way to the stairs until he returned to the first floor. His mission tonight should be considered complete.
To his surprise, in the first floor lobby, he ran into some familiar faces. Captain Zhou and another woman were anxiously discussing something.
At this moment, he could clearly see Captain Zhou and the woman’s faces; this woman was none other than Xu Yiqiu.
"Chu Xi!" Captain Zhou, facing him, was the first to notice Yang Xiao, waving excitedly at him.
After running over, Yang Xiao recounted the events about the baby’s corpse and the female ghost. Captain Zhou let out a long sigh of relief, expressing that this mission was roughly over. Their guess was right; the female ghost wanted that child.
The moment he sensed the pressure from the female ghost disappear, he called Mu Xiuzhu, who stayed behind. Mu Xiuzhu was already on his way.
In less than 5 minutes, a figure jogged into the hospital lobby. It was a tall and skinny young man, with gentle features, fair skin, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a matching white coat, giving off a refined and gentle impression.
"It’s over..." Mu Xiuzhu relaxed upon seeing Yang Xiao for the first time.
But the next second, before the smiling Yang Xiao could say anything, he suddenly felt the world spinning, his head growing increasingly dizzy. Just before he fainted, he noticed Captain Zhou had already collapsed to the ground.
Unaware of how much time passed, Yang Xiao awoke from his fainting spell. His face felt cool. When he touched it, he realized it was water.
Struggling to sit up, he found himself back at the starting point, not far from the gloomy hospital building.
At this moment, rain began to drizzle from the sky, the raindrops cold on his face. It clarified his thoughts, reminding him of the sensation of being alive.
Captain Zhou, Mu Xiuzhu, and Xu Yiqiu were scattered nearby without any particular pattern, and all were gradually waking up.
Xu Yiqiu, supporting her head, barely managed to stand, her head swimming, unable to walk straight, "Where... is this?"
"We’re back. It’s our team’s world." Yang Xiao replied concisely. He loudly called out for Boss Sun and Qu Hong, but after shouting several times, the only response was the cold, forbidding night rain.
This couldn’t help but raise Yang Xiao’s suspicion. After all, he hadn’t sensed the exit from the Nightmare World appearing, so there was no reason Qu Hong could have left ahead of them.
Suddenly, Yang Xiao felt a twinge of unease, prompting him to whip around and stare in the direction of the hospital. At the same time, Captain Zhou and the other three also sensed it, all four of them looking sharply behind.
It appeared...
The exit appeared!!
In the hospital!
Without any delay, Mu Xiuzhu and Xu Yiqiu immediately ran towards the exit; they didn’t want to stay in this ghostly place for even a minute more.
"Director Yang, let’s go too." Captain Zhou relaxed completely, his smile tinged with a hint of fatigue.
The two of them walked towards the hospital, but just as they emerged from the small grove, Yang Xiao noticed out of the corner of his eye their van, and to his surprise, another car was parked behind it.
